Pearl River County supervisors extend cleanup deadlines, approve personnel hires and road and building contracts

The Pearl River County Board of Supervisors met Feb. 18, 2026, in Poplarville and approved a slate of routine and project actions, including a 30‑day extension for owners of nine derelict properties to bring their properties into compliance and multiple personnel actions across county departments.

The board voted unanimously to extend the compliance deadline to March 18, 2026 for the following addresses earlier cited for code violations: 130 Lilac Dr; 101 Geranium Dr; 109 Geranium Dr; 107 Rose Dr; 112 Daisy Dr; 111 Wisteria Dr; 113 Wisteria Dr; and 126 Gumpond Beall Rd. The extension follows a public hearing held pursuant to Mississippi Code Section 19‑5‑105; minutes state that a litter officer will issue citations if the properties are not cleaned within the 30‑day period.

Supervisors also approved personnel actions in the Sheriff’s Office, accepting the resignation of Morgan Rollins (full‑time transport officer), terminating Lucas Head (correctional officer), moving Gloria Saucier from part‑time correctional officer to full‑time transport officer effective Feb. 18, 2026, and hiring Quincy Rogers as a full‑time correctional officer effective Feb. 18, 2026. The board granted a separate hiring request for Mckenzie Hassell as a full‑time dispatcher in Central Dispatch, also effective Feb. 18.

In administrative and capital matters, the board accepted Malone’s quote and awarded the re‑roofing of the Drug Court Building to Malone; it approved financing for two 2026 Ford Explorer utility police interceptors, awarding the financing to Trustmark Banking and Financial Solutions and authorizing execution of the lease agreement. The board also authorized signing the ECD‑MECA NG911 Agreement.

Infrastructure actions included approval of county road striping quotes, payment application No. 4 to Wilco Construction, LLC for $8,950.50 for the Walkiah Pilot Channel Project, and Change Order No. 3 for the Highway 26 widening project to add barricades at an industrial site entrance. The board approved Program Form LSBP entries for four eligible bridge replacement/rehabilitation projects (listed in the minutes by LSBP project codes).

The board approved a sole‑source payment for ESRI GIS licensing maintenance for 2026–2027; removed Asset #6081 (a Cradlepoint router) from the Sheriff Department inventory; confirmed multiple renewals of official bonds and oaths for deputies in the Circuit Clerk and Tax Assessor/Collector offices; accepted the resignation of tax mapper Benjamin Lewis and approved hiring Ray Stockstill as tax mapper effective Feb. 19, 2026.

Several personnel and travel motions were approved, including training and conference travel for county staff and the hiring of Brandy Usey as full‑time litigation support for the District Attorney’s office effective Feb. 12, 2026. The board accepted a $12,000 quote from Alison Spray Foam Insulation to replace damaged insulation at Station 21 for North Pearl River County Fire & Rescue.

Board members spread multiple monthly reports onto the minutes, including Building Permits for January 2026 (232 permits, $32,414.00 revenue), Justice Court reports and a Waste Management host fee payment of $9,576.26 for the fourth quarter of 2025.

During an afternoon session the board entered executive session under Mississippi Code Section 25‑41‑7 to discuss personnel, litigation strategy and economic development matters and returned to open session at 4:15 p.m. with no action taken. The board adjourned and directed the County Administrator to post notice of the next meeting scheduled for 9:00 a.m., March 2, 2026, at 109 W Pearl St in Poplarville.

Votes at a glance: motions recorded throughout the minutes show unanimous approval (aye votes by Donald Hart, Malcolm Perry, Cruz Russell, Jason Spence, Bryce Lott) on each listed motion; where amounts or specific vendor names are recorded in the minutes they are listed above.